Adulterated sauce making unit busted, owner held
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The accused was identifed as Prasant Kumar Panigrahy, 48, from Jagannath Bihar.
During the raid, police and food safety officers confiscated eight grinding and packing machines, 300 litres of tomato sauce, 700 empty sauce bottles, phenyl plastic bottles, and 300 empty plastic pickle bottles.
The raid was launched following a tip-off regarding the illegal production of duplicate sauce in the area. Police, in collaboration with food safety officers from Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), discovered large quantities of sauce bottles, caps, cartons of packed tomato, chilli and soya sauce bottles, vinegar, pickles and other spices.
Authorities also found several containers filled with tomato-like paste, liquid drums, colour drums and acids at the site.
The owner failed to provide a licence or any supporting document for the food items, police said.
SP (Berhampur) Saravana Vivek M said a preliminary investigation revealed the food items were not prepared according to standards, with synthetic colours and non-edible, hazardous liquids allegedly being used.
Samples of each item have been collected and will be sent to the food testing laboratory in Bhubaneswar for examination.
Investigation revealed the accused had been operating the unit for the past two years, supplying products to markets in Berhampur and several other towns in Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts, Baba Shankar Saraf, inspector in-charge of Bada Bazar police station, said.
The accused has been charged under various sections of the BNS, Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and Prevention of Food Adulteration Act.
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